LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Taraba Police Command has confirmed the electrocution of a family of four around the Dinyavo area of Jalingo, the State capital.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Abdullahi Usman, made the confirmation in a statement in Jalingo earlier today.
He said the command was notified at about 11:00 a.m that the house was on fire, suspected to be from a power surge.
“Detectives from GRA Police Division were quickly deployed to the scene and, on arrival, found the four victims with burns suspected to be from electrocution.
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“The victims are Remond Ofonbuk; 44, his wife, Mfonbong Remond, Hevean Remond; 15, and First Remond; 13 years old,” he said.
Usman stated that the command received information that the transformer serving the area blew up when power was restored.
“We learnt that many houses within the neighbourhood experienced high electric voltage, which might have led to the fire outbreak that inflicted burns on the victims.
“Our detectives quickly evacuated the victims to Federal Medical Centre, Jalingo, for treatment, but they were confirmed dead on arrival,” he said.
Mr Usman noted that the corpses had been deposited at the hospital’s mortuary for autopsy while investigations had commenced to ascertain the real cause of the incident.
(NAN)